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CKMS Community Connections for 20 May 2024: Spring 2024 Fundraiser and Jax Rula of WEFT Fest

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Spring 2024 Fundraiser

(chart showing the amount of money raised and number of pledges. This is dynamic, the numbers change as pledges are received)
 

Bob makes pitches for the Spring 2024 Fundraiser throughout the show. We’re raising funds to keep Radio Waterloo on the air — money raised will go towards maintenance of our equipment, offsetting increases in rent both for the studio and our transmitter, and generally dealing with inflation. There are prizes of T-shirts from Radio Waterloo, Street Hop, and All Weather Haulage, and CD compilations of music from local musicians.

Make your donation at https://radiowaterloo.ca/give.

Online:

Spring 2024 Fundraiser Wrap-Up Special

Join our Fundraising Committee members on-air as we summarize the fundraiser, and give away the prizes!

WEFT Fest

(headshot of a woman with long blonde hair)
Jax Rula

Bob speaks with Jax Rula of WEFT Fest, the Woolwich Expressions in Fibre Traditions about the name “WEFT Fest”, events taking place, the Vendors’ Market, and some of the other events.

The interview starts at 4m30s.

Online:

WEFT Fest. Woolwich Expressions in Fibre Traditions. (colourful letters, as though they're cut out of cloth)
WEFT Fest Events

Podcast

Download: ckms-community-connections-2024-05-20-episode159-Spring-2024-Fundraiser-and-Jax-Rula-of-WEFT-Fest.mp3 (51 MB, 55m10s, episode 159)

Index

Time Title Album Artist
0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc CKMS Sunflower logo (yellow petals surrounding a black centre with white wavies all on a teal background)
CKMS Community Connections 		Steve Todd
0m32s Bob makes a pitch for the Spring 2024 Fundraiser, and introduces the first track.
2m05s Pixels (a mushroom in grass, some dry leaves scattered about)
(single) 		Amanda Braam
4m30s Bob speaks with Jax Rula of WEFT Fest. Jax explains that on a loom the “warp” are the strings that go on the loom, and the “weft” are the strings that make the pattern. But WEFT is also the Woolwich Expressions in Fibre Traditions. Jax created a venue, the TriSisters Art House and wanted to be part of the Quilt and Fibre Arts Festival. But the ladies that ran it were retired, and to continue the festival Jax had to change the name. Jax tells us about the TriSisters Art House. It’s busy at the Vendors’ Market; Jax talks with some customers. Talking about some of the other events taking place during the ten days of the festival. Jax tells us about the items in the auction. Jax’s fibre art is dollmaking, and she tells us of alternate fibres, for example, paper. And Jax tells us about the Vendors’ Market in the Timber Barn, and some of the other events.
15m06s Is This Human? (A woman wearing a sari and a steampunk helmet)
(single) 		Trina Chakrabarti
19m15s Bob tells listeners how to submit music and continues to pitch for donation throughout the rest of the show.
23m26s Skeletons In The Closet (a mushroom in grass, some dry leaves scattered about)
(singles) 		Amanda Braam
28m09s Siren Song
36m46s Inertia Hello Hopeless. Dark Pasts, Brighter Futures. (two large red 'H's on a black background)
Dark Pasts, Brighter Futures 		Hello Hopeless
42m25s Hell Or High Water Onion Honey | Hell or High Water (painting of the Carpathia steaming towards the sinking Titanic)
(single) 		Onion Honey
50m00s California Living Room. California. (two men sitting in front of a green wall)
(single) 		Living Room for Small
51m00s Coffee? Coffee? | The Whythouse | Coffee? |The Whythouse (picture of a diner-in-a-trailer with a signpost "West Side Diner")
(single) 		The Whythouse
54m11s End Credits

CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

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CKMS Community Connections for 10 May 2024 with Megan Brady of the CMHA Waterloo Wellington

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Show Notes

A blonde woman wearing a white jacket over a logo T-Shirt at the CKMS 102.7 FM Radio Waterloo microphone
Megan Brady

Megan Brady, Communications Lead for CMHAWW, the Canadian Mental Health Association of Waterloo Wellington talks to Bob Jonkman about the work of CMHAWW, the Run For Women fundraiser on Saturday 11 May 2024, effects of the pandemic on people’s mental health, and the operations of CMHAWW.

The interview starts at 5m21s.

Here 24/7 mental health crisis or immediate assistance:

+1‑844‑HERE‑247 (+1‑844‑437‑3247), TTY: +1‑877‑688‑5501

Suicide Crisis Helpline

9‑8‑8

CMHA WW Online:

Upcoming Events

The CMHA Waterloo Wellington events list is available at https://cmhaww.ca/events/.

Podcast

Download: ckms-community-connections-2024-05-10-episode158-Megan-Brady-of-CMHA-Waterloo-Wellington.mp3 (52 MB, 56m36s, episode 158)

Index

Time Title Album Artist
0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc CKMS Sunflower logo (yellow petals surrounding a black centre with white wavies all on a teal background)
CKMS Community Connections 		Steve Todd
0m53s Hell Or High Water Onion Honey | Hell or High Water (painting of the Carpathia steaming towards the sinking Titanic)
(single) 		Onion Honey
5m21s Megan Brady explains what the CMHA is and does. She explains the 24/7 crisis line, and what it’s used for. Not all services are available in all areas of the region, it depends on what’s needed. CMHAWW has merged with sever al other organizations.
9m21s Talking about the fundraiser, Run For Women, which took place on Saturday 11 May 2024 at Conestoga College Doon Campus. It’s the biggest CMHAWW fundraiser of the year. The runs are organized by Shoppers Drug Mart and take place across Canada, some for CHMA, some for other organizations. CHMAWW has participated for the past seven years.
13m38s Over the pandemic, Megan thought that people might have gained a different perspective on mental health, but things are still going on below the surface. There has been a 40% upswing in calls for support. People call in for crisis counselling, or to find the next steps in getting help, or even to get assistance for other people. Talking about sources of funding, both provincial and federal, and how it’s allocated.
25m16s Coffee? Coffee? | The Whythouse | Coffee? |The Whythouse (picture of a diner-in-a-trailer with a signpost "West Side Diner")
(single) 		The Whythouse
27m25s Talking about the locations, and the programs available at the different locations. Also talking about training progras for corporate or community organizations. CHMAWW is the partner agency in 9‑8‑8, the Suicide Crisis Helpline. Talking about the structure of CMHAWW. And the new building! Discussing corporate donors, and political support.
40m02s Talking about future fundraisers. CMHA is a registered charity, donations are tax-receiptable. The Run For Women is specifically to raise money for women’s mental health. Other activities are online, several every month.
44m30s Repeating the details for Saturday’s Run For Women, and some details of other events.
47m50s Let The Credits and The Good Times Roll (a mushroom in grass, some dry leaves scattered about)
Origami 		Amanda Braam
50m27s Talking about how to submit music.
51m14s Megan Brady is the Communications Lead for CMHAWW. Reviewing the upcoming Run For Women. The past week has been Mental Health Week. Talking about issues specific to women’s mental health. CMHAWW has been the lead agency for mental health support for ten years.
55m56s Bob gives the end credits.

CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

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Video: CKMS Community Connections for Friday 10 May 2024 (200 MB)

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CKMS Community Connections for 8 December 2023: Amnesty International’s Write For Rights with Margaret Jackson

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Show Notes

Margaret Jackson wearing a bright pink N95 mask and headphones, with a "Write For Rights" button on her blue sweater.
Margaret Jackson

Margaret Jackson from Amnesty International‘s local KW chapter Group Nine talks to Bob Jonkman about this year’s Write For Rights campaign, describes some of the cases that are being written about, the petition to BC premier David Eby about the criminalization of the Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders, and gives some info on joining the Group Nine chapter.

Previous episode on Write For Rights: CKMS Community Connections for 6 December 2019 with Sandee Lovas of Amnesty International Group Nine

Website: https://amnesty.ca/ (Amnesty International Canada)

  • Twitter: Amnesty Canada (@AmnestyNow) | Twitter
  • Facebook: Amnesty International Kitchener Waterloo Chapter, Group 9
  • Instagram: Amnesty Canada (@amnestycanada) | Instagram
  • YouTube: Amnesty International Canada (@amnestyinternationalcanada4524) | YouTube
  • TikTok: Amnesty (@amnesty) | TikTok
  • E-mail: groupnine9@gmail.com

    • Write For Rights | Amnesty International (black letters on a yellow background withthe Amnesty logo (a candle wrapped in barbed wire) at the bottom)

    Upcoming Events

    • Amnesty International KW Chapter (Group Nine) Write For Rights
      • When: 11:00am to 4:00pm on Saturday 9 December 2023
      • Where: Kitchener Public Library, Meeting Room D
      • Location: 85 Queen Street North, Kitchener, Ontario Map 1
      • E-mail: groupnine9@gmail.com
      • Package: Case letters for 2023 (PDF file, 172 kBytes)

    Podcast

    Download: ckms-community-connections-2023-12-08-episode148-Amnesty-Internationals-Write-For-Rights-with-Margaret-Jackson.mp3 (53 MB, 57m50s, episode 148)

    Index

    Time Title Album Artist
    0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc CKMS Sunflower logo (yellow petals surrounding a black centre with white wavies all on a teal background)
    CKMS Community Connections         		Steve Todd
    1m12s Joy To The World Joy To The World | Jamie Bonk (white letters on a red background, two lines of text separated by a ribbon of landscape photos).
    (single)         		Jamie Bonk
    4m45s Margaret Jackson tells us about Write For Rights, focusing on ten cases for this campaign, sending a blitz of letter to government and other people involved in human rights abuses. This has been quite effective; half-a-million letters for each case can’t be ignored. Margaret tells us the details of some of this year’s cases. In some cases the letters get sent to the individuals directly, sometimes they go to a local Amnesty office and are forwarded to the recipient. These letters are always appreciated.
    24m38s Margaret reads her letter to David Eby, premier of British Columbia and former KW resident, to express her concern over the criminalization of the Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders.
    32m03 Christmas Comes By Rail Onion Honey | A Merry Little While (photo of a cottage nestled in snow-covered trees, with line drawings of snowmen in the foreground)
    A Merry Little While         		Onion Honey
    35m08s Margaret tells us how the Write For Rights works. It’s at the Kitchener Public Library, downstairs in meeting room D. People can sign pre-printed letters, add an illustration or other artwork on a postcard. The Group Nine chapter will take care of mailing them out.
    39m05s This year Margaret wrote the standard letters, based on ideas of what should go in the letters from the Amnesty International campaign. Margaret adds that these letters come from Kitchener-Waterloo, and adds some information about each case to help the people who come in. The last in-person Write For Rights was in 2019, the past two years it was held as a ten-day e-mail blitz. The letters were printed, signed, and dropped off in a mailbox at a member’s house. This year there’s an e-mail letter sent to the government of Tunisia. Letters don’t have return addresses, but people are encouraged to sign their name, city, country, and postal code.
    43m53s For people who can’t come to the library there are online petitions at https://writeathon.ca, all of the information is available there. You can contact local chapter Group Nine at groupnine9@gmail.com and they can send you a package of case letters. The mailbox is still available at the member”s house until 15 December 2023.
    47m32s Margaret tells us that the letters are generally received well, because Amnesty International has a good reputation world-wide; people trust the information they get from Amnesty. There is nothing Amnesty can do in the way of applying economic pressure or sanctions; but perhaps local chapters can apply pressure to their local governments to act.
    50m08s Group Nine meets regularly on the first Tuesday of the month at Conrad Grebel college. There are speakers, either from Group Nine or from other agencies. Group Nine also participates in local events, like the Multicultural Festival and the Waterloo Pow Wow. Group Nine consists of about twelve core people, another 20 who help out at events, and a large number of people who are signed up for their e-mail list. People can get involved by sending an e-mail to groupnine9@gmail.com to come to the meeting. There is no cost, but people who make a donation become Amnesty International members and get to vote at their annual general meeting. Group Nine was the ninth group in Canada, now there are hundreds of groups. Margaret gives a bit of history of Amnesty International.
    56m45s Margaret recaps the info for Write For Rights and Bob gives the end credits.

    CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

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    Download: CKMS Community Connections for Friday 8 December 2023, 204.6 MB

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    CKMS Community Connections for 31 July 2023 with Megan Ruttan of Waterloo Region ACORN

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    Megan Ruttan (a woman wearing a summer dress and a grey N95 mask sitting at a microphone with a blue sock on it)
    Megan Ruttan
    ACORN CANADA ( white line drawing of an acorn in an '@' sign, with text curving along the botton, all on a red background)
     

    Megan Ruttan of Waterloo Region ACORN joins Bob Jonkman to talk about evictions, renovictions, tenants’ rights, and setting up a tenants’ union in Waterloo Region.

    The interview starts at 10m02s.

    ACORN was previously on CKMS News on 23 June 2023, 17 June 2023, and 7 June 2023.

    Waterloo Region ACORN:

    ACORN Canada:

    Meg Ruttan Online:

    Other:

    Upcoming Events

    Podcast

    Download: ckms-community-connections-2023-07-31-episode135-Meg-Ruttan-of-Waterloo-Region-ACORN.mp3 (50 MB, 54m11s, episode 135)

    Index

    Time Title Album Artist
    0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc CKMS Sunflower logo (yellow petals surrounding a black centre with white wavies all on a teal background)
    CKMS Community Connections         		Steve Todd
    1m02s Black Eyed Suzie Foul Weather Friends | Onion Honey (illustration of a snail on a mushroom, a mouse, and two frogs, all sheltering from the rain under a leaf)
    Foul Weather Friends         		Onion Honey
    2m51s 4 All The Animals 4 all the Animals | (Save The World) | VEFO | Prod. GuruuuV (green and purple lettering on a background of a green sky with orange clouds, there's a picture of a pig's snout in the middle)
    (single)         		VEFO
    6m35s Unknown Monster Genre-Bending P2 | GuruuuV (purple letters on a swirly purple background)
    Genre-Bending Pt. 2 (Beat Challenge)         		GuruuuV
    6m41s try and catch me next time
    7m42s Shake the House
    10m02s Introducing Megan Ruttan and ACORN: The Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now, a low- to moderate-income tenants union, but they take on any issues that their members want to take on, for example payday loans. The union is just getting set up now to help fight renovictions and demovictions. Megan herself is experiencing attempts at renoviction. This has been happening for at least six years. This pre-dates ACORN, but ACORN would have fought it by drawing attention to it by direct action such as protests. There have been rallies against other renovictions in Kitchener. Landlords intimidate tenants by withholding information, so that tenants do not know what their rights are, or even who their landlord is. ACORN in Hamilton has helped create a by-law that makes it illegal to evict people in Hamilton for renovations. But each municipality will have different by-laws. ACORN has just held a national day of action on the financialization of housing. They’re asking for a law that will give first right of refusal will go to housing organizations, co-ops, and other businesses that want to build affordable housing. Waterloo Region ACORN has about 500 members; about 15 full members who pay $15/month in dues, but many people can’t afford that. Waterloo Region ACORN started about three months ago, in April.
    19m44s Beam Blues Live Nick Bordman | Beam Blues | (Live at Locust Ridge Studios) (black and white photo of a man with a beard and wearing a cowboy outfit leaning against a sporty-looking car)
    (YouTube)         		Nick Bordman
    23m59s Waterloo Region ACORN has a three month plan, meeting in August to plan an action to take place in September. They’re building membership; anyone is welcome to join, not just renters. The August meeting will be hybrid, both in-person and online for Covid safety. The national organization in Ottawa and the chapter in London have provided a lot of help in the form of flyers, handouts, mailing lists, &c. The money from dues goes towards copying costs and SDCWR for use of their facilities. The entire region of Waterloo has an epidemic of unsheltered people. The chapter was named Waterloo Region ACORN to include everyone in the region; it’s not just a Kitchener issue.
    28m47s “The financialization of housing” treats housing as an investment, not as shelter or homes, or as a human right. Municipalities are not building purpose-built rental housing; many politicians to make this happen to own rental properties, and seem disinclined to reduce their holdings to build affordable housing. Globally, the climate crisis is creating climate refugees, who need housing. Do we have shelter for these people? We need to build housing. The municipalities need to build the housing, not just pass by-laws or re-zones. The City of Kitchener is not acting to build housing or reduce renovictions when they had the chance to vote on zoning changes. Their answer seems to be to police housing. If they don’t build housing, people will die. Who could be affected by the housing crisis? Almost every renter. What happens with the laws that require landlords to provide the renovated units to former tenants? It gets ignored, landlords just rent to new, higher-paying tenants. People in this situation don’t have the capacity, “the spoons”, to deal with this. Megan has the spoons to deal with this because she’s connected in the community, and knows the resources.
    38m14s How did Waterloo Region ACORN get started here? There were already people with memberships in other chapters; people contacted the national chapter; they already had a mailing list! Everything is connected, Megan was already active in climate organizing, political organization; if one issue is advanced, the others are too.
    39m36s Who’s Gonna Suffer FOG Blues & Brass Band | Twelve Bar Prescription (B&W photo of band members centered on a blue background, typeface as though made from shiny cut metal)
    Twelve Bar Prescription         		FOG Blues & Brass Band
    43m04s How do people get involved if they have no background in tenant organization? Come to the meeting in August, ACORN will provide training on door knocking, &c. They’ll knock on the doors of tenants to let them know help is available. They’ve reached out to local politicians, but not all have responded. Talking about other events where ACORN has had a presence. Giving credit to Maribel and other leaders, their appearances in local media.
    48m25s What about all the local construction? It’s mostly condominiums, only 15% affordable housing. Condos aren’t affordable housing. The tenants’ union is the opposite of a Home Owners’ Association, the union lifts you up, doesn’t repress your rights.
    50m36s Reviewing Waterloo Region ACORN‘s presence on social media. Talking about Project Mushroom, an online presence for social activists. It had some setbacks when the founder discovered it could not be monetized, but Megan and others are still keeping it alive.
    53m12s Bob gives the end credits.

    CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

    Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at ccc@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.

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    YouTube: CKMS Community Connections for Monday 31 July 2023

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    CKMS Community Connections for 17 July 2023: KWCon Music; Mark Higgins of Canada’s Teen Jam

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    Show Notes

    Canada's Teen Jam | Where the music begins (bright orange letters as though stardust on a black background; the CTJ letters are so large in comparison to the rest that CTJ is all you see from a distance)
    Canada’s Teen Jam

    Today we’re playing lots of KW Content: Music by musicians from Waterloo Region. Then we speak with Mark Higgins, the promoter/producer/impressario for Canada’s Teen Jam.

    The interview starts at 38m16s.

    Online:

    Upcoming Events

    Podcast

    Download: ckms-community-connections-2023-07-17-episode133-KWCon-Music-Mark-Higgins-from-Canadas-Teen-Jam.mp3 (49 MB, 53m58s, episode 133)

    Index

    Time Title Album Artist
    0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc CKMS Sunflower logo (yellow petals surrounding a black centre with white wavies all on a teal background)
    CKMS Community Connections         		Steve Todd
    0m47s Promised Land (a reverse colour solarized image of a woman with long hair blowing in the wind, wearing a flowing sari, and pointing ahead of her. One breast is uncovered)
    (single)         		No Service
    6m29s My Happy Place My Happy Place | Cameron Oakland (Cameron Oakland sitting in a field, backlit by the sun, petting two large dogs)
    (single)         		Cameron Oakland
    9m41s Living With Your Memory Natalia Valencia (a woman with long dark hair and a big smile, wearing headphones sitting at a microphone and playing guitar)
    CKMS Community Connections Live, On-Air, In-Studio Performance         		Natalia Valencia
    14m27s Any Other Way Any Other Way | Clarissa Diokno (Clarissa Diokno, a woman with long black hair wearing a red blouse stands in front of a pink backdrop)
    Any Other Way         		Clarissa Diokno
    17m28s Liquor (Paige Warner, a woman with long curly blonde hair sitting in front of white venetian blinds at the bottom right corner of the picture with her head resting on her hands which are on her knees. The photo is multiple exposure, showing faint outlines of Paige lowering her head to her hands. There is a small pile of clothes or blankets beside her)
    Stockholm Syndrome         		Paige Warner
    21m02s Steel Rail Blues Foul Weather Friends | Onion Honey (illustration of a snail on a mushroom, a mouse, and two frogs, all sheltering from the rain under a leaf)
    Foul Weather Friends         		Onion Honey
    25m07s The Last Two Years Carla Muller | The Last Two Years (a campfire blazes white-hot at the right, in the unfocused background twilight has made the sky dark blue and the ground black, with patches of water reflecting the sky)
    The Last Two Years         		Carla Muller
    28m14s My Love To You My Love To You (handwriting on an airmail envelope lying on a red background)
    (single)         		Space Kitchen
    31m56s A Song Is Born Piano Carousel | Tim McInnes (white letters over a photo of a carousel with a carousel horse facing right, prominently in the foreground)
    (singles)         		Tim McInnes
    34m49s Piano Carousel
    38m16s Mark Higgins tells us about Canada’s Teen Jam: A program of musical discoveries for teens with dreams, the next generation of superstars. The mission is to take this across Ontario and Canada. Many teens have sports and other programs but teens with musical talent have nothing. Mark is not releasing the names of the performers yet, that will be revealed on Saturday. Bob offers to bring the performers into the studio for an interview and a Live, On-Air, In-Studio performance! Mark is impressed with the professionalism and demeanor of the performers. Canada’s Teen Jam launched in January, and is now starting the tour to get the performers into other festivals and showcases. Kitchener is the first stop. Canada’s Teen Jam goes from 3pm to 5pm, followed by the Wayback Festival performers. Mark appreciates the irony: Canada’s newest performers followed by Canada’s superstar rock performers. Mark has had a lot of experience promoting and producing performers, notably The Tragically Hip at Bobcageon, which was filmed for a documentary. Covid has affected the start of CTJ, everyone is catching up from the performances that were missed.
    53m04s Bob gives the end credits.

    CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

    Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at ccc@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.

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    YouTube: CKMS Community Connections for Monday 17 July 2023

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    CKMS Community Connections for 19 June 2023: Fundraising and KWCon Music

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    Wavy music staff with treble clef in the centre
    A KWCon Musical Score

    It’s the last day of spring for CKMS Community Connections, and time for our annual Spring Funding Drive! If you’re a fan of CCC or just Community Radio in general, help keep CKMS-FM on the air with a donation! Radio Waterloo is a cooperative, so you can become a member with a donation of $24 or more. Then you’ll get a vote in how the station is run, and you’ll get to host an episode of CKMS Community Connections!

    At Radio Waterloo we do things you don’t hear on mainstream radio stations: Live, On-Air, In-Studio performances by local musicians; Extended interviews with local service agencies, advocacy groups, and social justice activists; In-depth reporting and analysis of local news; News programs from across Canada and the world; and, of course, as much local music as we can get our hands on.

    Today I’m doing an all-music show with some of that local music (sorry, no podcast or bonus video!) to showcase Waterloo Region musicians, but it’s also because I’m so very behind in writing up the show notes and producing the podcasts for the last few CKMS Community Connections episodes with in-studio musicians. The music in-studio has been great, but the broadcasts and audio files have not always been so good. That’s because our studio equipment is older than most of the performers, and parts of it need repair or replacement. The sound board is missing some channels, the microphones need refurbishing, our transmitter is weak… We’d like to get a new transmitter so our signal reaches all parts of Waterloo Region, but the budget for equipment replacement got eaten up by the 50% increase in rent this year. So we really need your donation!

    Thanx,
    –Bob.

    Donate: https://radiowaterloo.ca/donate

    Index

    Time Title Album Artist
    0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc CKMS Sunflower logo (yellow petals surrounding a black centre with white wavies all on a teal background)
    CKMS Community Connections         		Steve Todd
    0m43s Did I Ever Tell You? Cameronoise | A Henry Shade of Winkler (a cat peeking from the top edge of the picture at spider in the lower right corner)
    A Henry Shade of Winkler         		Cameronoise
    4m44s Wish You Could See Yourself
    7m40s Free Free (JSJ sitting on a grassy field wearing a white dress, surrounded by flowers)
    (single)         		JSJ (Joshua Säde James)
    11m07s The Squig Space Kitchen (illustration of a frying pan with text across it, white on a blue background)
    EP     		Space Kitchen
    12m47s Zoo Keeper
    15m09s what’s my issue (idk) Social Cues (letters as though cut from a magazine in ransom note style, on a wavy purple background)
    (single)     		Living Room for Small
    19m05s Social Cues
    21m26s Twelve Bar Prescription FOG Blues & Brass Band | Twelve Bar Prescription (B&W photo of band members centered on a blue background, typeface as though made from shiny cut metal)
    Twelve Bar Prescription         		The FOG Blues & Brass Band
    24m50s Hey Lucy
    29m00s For Old Henry Foul Weather Friends | Onion Honey (illustration of a snail on a mushroom, a mouse, and two frogs, all sheltering from the rain under a leaf)
    Foul Weather Friends         		Onion Honey
    32m15s Justified Shuffle
    35m27s Forwell (illustration of a plant with a pink flower, with leaves and stem under water)
    Habitat         		Waterfowl
    38m37s All My Time
    43m36s Why? Here Between | Eric Bolton (photos in primary colour stripes)
    Here Between         		Eric Bolton
    46m38s Lessons In Love
    50m34s Best bruises | missy bauman (illustration of a rabbit on its back, a person with horns falling down on the rabbit, surrounded by white flowers, all on a tan background)
    Bruises         		Missy Bauman with Ben Worcester
    53m51s Finding My Wings Finding My Wings | Natalia Valencia (Natalia with her face to the side, apparently spinning around, hair flying away)
    (single)         		Natalia Valencia
    57m17s Bob gives the end credits.
    58m18s Spotlight On (white square, letterboxed in a rectangle, in the centre of another square, there is a faint outline of someting rectangular in the inside white square)
         		dana sonic

    CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

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    CKMS Community Connections for 1 March 2021

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    Show Notes

    At 11:00am CCC is back for another week but the studio remains closed until further notice, so here’s some more Canadian Content music: Some so new it hasn’t been released yet, some new just to me, and there’s some old favourites too. Follow the links to the artists — some are back to doing performances, so check them out and support your local musicians!

    –Bob.

    Music List

    Time Title Artist Album
    0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc Steve Todd
    CKMS
    Community
    Connections
    0m40s Nosebleed Suburban Rituals Suburban Rituals (closeup of two garden gnomes)
    Suburban Rituals
    2m59s Living The Dream
    5m43s sunshine list Kitz Willman Kitz Willman | Royal Visit to Uranium City (solarized image of a woman wearing a headscarf)
    Royal Visit to Uranium City
    8m26s dust on the bookshelf
    12m35s 3 AM Thug Shells Rainy Day EP (illustration of a woman sitting on a bed surrounded by ferrets)
    Rainy Day EP
    15m59s Not Alone
    18m22s Lay down Jimmy Jory Kinjo and Vic Ruggiero Vic Ruggiero & Jory Kinjo | Vic & Jory Sing The Blues (picture of a foot wearing a boot stepping on a timbrel with books scattered around)
    Jory and Vic Sing the Blues
    21m08s Girl’s bad dream
    23m53s That woman
    27m13s Turn It On Ginger St. James (solarized image of Ginger St. James singing and holding a microphone)
    (single)
    29m30s Crazy Ginger St. James – The Trainwreck Two (Snowheel Slim plays guitar, Ginger St. James sits in a chair)
    (single)
    32m06s Jean petit qui danse Onion Honey Onion Honey | Homegrown (illusration of a banjo with roots amongst vegetables)
    Homegrown
    34m15s Buckeye Jim
    35m57s Crawdad Hole
    38m25s Happy Birthday Baby Jenn Grant REI | MAG | INE (letters superimposed over a fern leaf)
    Reimagine
    41m35s Chancellor Chancellor (text superimposed over a black and white headshot of Jenn Grant)
    (single)
    44m13s You’ll Do Anything (acoustic) Karyn Ellis (black and white headshot of Karyn Ellis wearing a hat with a veil)
    More Than A Hero
    47m19s More Than A Hero
    50m21s Can’t Buy Time Madison Galloway Moon & Mercury | Madison Galloway (Op Art illustration of mushrooms and other things)
    Moon & Mercury
    54m40s Love’s Not a Game
    58m40s always Kitz Willman Kitz Willman | Royal Visit to Uranium City (solarized image of a woman wearing a headscarf)
    Royal Visit to Uranium City

    CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs on Saturday from 1:00pm to 2:00pm.

    Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at office@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.

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    Subscribe to the CKMS Community Connections podcast!

    CKMS | 102.7 FM | Radio Waterloo | Community Connections
    See all CKMS Community Connections shows!

    Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2021 by the participants, and released under a CC BY
    Creative Commons Attribution Only     license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders.